A. The designation of a residential permit parking zone shall not be made to a single block but shall apply generally to a neighborhood. Public notice of the intention to designate an RPZ and of a public hearing on such designation shall be given by publication and through communication with official city of Everett neighborhood associations. The transportation advisory committee shall conduct a public hearing on the recommended designation and shall within forty-five days after such hearing advise to the mayor approval or disapproval of the recommended designation. A decision on whether to designate an RPZ will thereafter be made by the mayor. The designation of an area as an RPZ grants the city traffic engineer the authority to establish RPZ time limits and RPZ no parking restrictions and to implement and enforce such regulations. The designation of an RPZ does not create an obligation to immediately establish and implement such regulations.

B. Subsequent to the designation of an RPZ, the traffic engineer may, upon written request of residents in the RPZ, or upon the traffic engineer’s own initiative, evaluate the necessity of implementing RPZ time limits and/or RPZ no parking restrictions in the RPZ. If the evaluation shows that within the RPZ twenty-five percent of the dwelling units have less than two off-street parking spaces; on the average, fifty percent of the available on-street parking is occupied during the daytime; at least sixty percent of dwelling units in the RPZ support designated implementation of RPZ time limits and/or RPZ no parking restrictions; or if the area is already posted with a general on-street parking time limit, the traffic engineer shall recommend to the city engineer and director of public works that RPZ time limits and/or RPZ no parking restrictions be established and implemented. (Ord. 3645-18 § 4, 2018; Ord. 544-78 § 4, 1978.)